Random ramble

Something random I typed on my iPod a few days ago. Don't even remember what inspired this rant. Very incoherent and rambly.


Are you allowed to learn how to cook while you are helping AIDS stricken kids in Africa? Or what about learning Spanish?or how to dance? My point being, should you be able to pursue your own interests while doing something for the greater good of humanity?

Personally I would think that you should be free to pursue what you want to do, as long as it is not criminally wrong or cause harm to others, but apparently our society doesn't see or feel so. If otherwise why the constant attacks on ministers who go overseas for an expensive culinary lesson? No doubt it's in the middle of a recession, but it is also his own money. Should he donate all his money and love a frugal life? He would then have no means to enjoy his life outside his work, and it may be debatable whether he enjoys his work or not. Not many then, would have the motivation to be a public servant, under the constant scrutiny of the public on how you enjoy yourself. Not many find true passion in the work he does nowadays, but of course this is a discussion for another time. Just a last sentence on this point, people are just doing their jobs as a means of survival, or as a symbol of prestige, a means of getting enough money to enjoy their life when they retire.

Why then are certain people under flak for enjoying the monies that they earn? Much more so than the businessman who does golf, the banker who clubs, the average worker who travels to various countries? Is it because these certain people are called to a higher purpose, so much so that they should dedicate their whole life to it, that they should have no time for the trivial stuff? The humanitarian worker who should not have time doing golf, the teacher who should not be caught clubbing or dancing, the pastor who should not be allowed to travel for leisure because he should devote his life to doing God's work only.

The press should not determine what is right or wrong for the public, all for the sake of sensationalism. There are better things to report, hopefully in a more neutral voice.